Toilet bowl lid

ABSTRACT

A toilet bowl lid having a circular, oval or square opening in a smaller size than that defined by the seat cover on the toilet bowl to allow a child to forthwith sit on the lid with comforts and safety simply by putting down the lid on the seat cover without affecting the use of the toilet bowl by adults and there will be no need for any additional stool or makeshift bowl exclusively for the children in the bathroom and the bathroom can be always maintained in clean and neat conditions.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Technical Field of the Invention

The present invention is related to an improved structure of a lid of atoilet bowl, and more particularly, to one that allows safe use bychildren.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

Usually a seat cover and a lid are provided to a toilet generallyavailable in a bathroom. An opening is provided in the seat cover toallow the user to sit on, while the lid is related to a whole piece thatcovers up the opening. However, the opening is in a size for adult andit becomes too large for the children to sit with comforts and thuspresents the potential risks for a child to accidentally fall in thebowl. Therefore, another makeshift bowl or a stool is provided in thebathroom exclusively for the children. Accordingly, it is hard tomaintain the bathroom in clean and the appearance of the bathroom iscompromised while in practice it presents problems for the design anduse of the bathroom.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide an improvedlid of the toilet bowl that also allows a child to sit on comfortablyand with safety simply by sitting on the lid. There will be no need forany additional stool or makeshift bowl exclusively for the children touse and the bathroom can be always maintained in clean and neatconditions. To achieve the purpose, an opening is provided at whereappropriately on the lid (with the center of the opening preferred atapproximately {fraction (2/3)} of the longer distance of the lid to itsfront when viewed standing in front of the lid). The shape of theopening may be circular in diameter of 19 cm; an oval, in size of 18×20cm; a rectangular, in size of 19×20 cm; or a square, in size of 20×20cm.

The foregoing object and summary provide only a brief introduction tothe present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects ofthe present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which willbecome apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detaileddescription of the invention and the claims should be read inconjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the specificationand drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similarparts.

Many other advantages and features of the present invention will becomemanifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to thedetailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which apreferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of thepresent invention is shown by way of illustrative example.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a configuration of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing another configuration of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 4 is a view showing another preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and arenot intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of theinvention in any way. Rather, the following description provides aconvenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of theinvention. Various changes to the described embodiments may be made inthe function and arrangement of the elements described without departingfrom the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a lid 10 and a seat cover 20 are provided ona toilet bowl 1 with both of the lid 10 and the seat cover 20 can belifted up depending on the use and the occasion. A larger opening 21 isdefined by the seat cover 20 for an adult to use the toilet bowl bysitting on the seat cover. Another opening 11 in a size smaller than theopening 21 is provided on the lid 10 at where relatively to the opening21. When a child wants to use the toilet bowl, he or she simply putsdown the lid 10 and forthwith sit on the lid 10 without having to liftup the lid 10 and sit on the seat cover 20, thus to prevent the possiblerisk for a child to fall into the bowl while sitting on the seat cover20.

Now referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the opening 11 in the lid may be made ina circular shape in size of 19×19 cm preferred; or in an oval shape,18×20 cm; or in a rectangular shape, 19×20 cm.

It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or twoor more together may also find a useful application in other types ofmethods differing from the type described above.

While certain novel features of this invention have been shown anddescribed and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intendedto be limited to the details above, since it will be understood thatvarious omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the formsand details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be madeby those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spiritof the present invention.

1. A lid of a toilet bowl is essentially provided with an opening insize smaller than that defined by a seat cover beneath the lid.
 2. A lidof a toilet bowl as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the opening in the lidis made in a circular shape.
 3. A lid of a toilet bowl as claimed inclaim 1, wherein, the opening in the lid is made in an oval shape.
 4. Alid of a toilet bowl as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the opening in thelid is made in a rectangular shape.
 5. A lid of a toilet bowl as claimedin claim 1, wherein, the opening in the lid is made in a square shape.